Locks v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
388 A.2d 873 (1978)
- Written by Carolyn Strutton, JD
Facts
Anthony and Carl Locks (defendants) were brothers who carried out a scheme that used unwitting female accomplices to steal goods from stores. Anthony and Carl developed relationships with young women, and then convinced the women to use their own checks to purchase expensive items from stores, even though the women had insufficient funds to cover the purchases in their checking accounts. Anthony and Carl promised to give the women enough money to cover the purchases, along with a substantial profit. Anthony and Carl claimed they would be able to do so because they were in possession of insider information that would soon enable them to win a local numbers game. Anthony and Carl took the goods and never repaid the women. The brothers were arrested, and each was charged with five counts of grand larceny and five counts of uttering a check with intent to defraud. Anthony was convicted of three counts of each charge, and Carl was convicted of two counts of each charge. The Locks appealed, asserting that their conduct may have amounted to theft by false pretenses but did not amount to grand larceny.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Ferren, J.)
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